Afghanistan Frees Scores Of Taliban Fighters With 'Blood On their Hands'

Pentagon Fumes As Afghanistan Frees Taliban Fighters With 'Blood On Their Hands' -- FOX News

Afghani officials freed 37 insurgents and Taliban fighters with “blood on their hands” in what the Pentagon called a “major step backward” for the rule of law in the war torn nation.

The hardened fighters were among 88 prisoners who were being held by the U.S. and being transferred to the emerging Afghan criminal justice system. U.S. authorities said many had directly participated in attacks that wounded or killed scores of U.S. military personnel and Afghan citizens, yet were freed by the Afghan Review Board.

“The ARB is releasing back to society dangerous insurgents who have Afghan blood on their hands,” the United States Forces-Afghanistan said in a statement. “This extra-judicial release of detainees is a major step backward in further developing the rule of law in Afghanistan.”

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More News On Reports That Afghanistan Has Freed Scores Of Taliban Fighters With 'Blood On their Hands'

U.S.: Afghanistan orders release of deadly insurgents -- USA Today
US Condemns Release of Afghan Detainees -- Voice of America
U.S.: Afghanistan has freed 37 “dangerous” prisoners -- AP
U.S. Angry at Afghanistan’s Release of ‘Dangerous’ Prisoners -- Time
US military denounces release of 'dangerous' Afghan prisoners -- Stars and Stripes
Afghanistan to free 37 Bagram inmates despite U.S. protests -- NBC News
Afghanistan set to free 37 Bagram prisoners -- Al Jazeera
U.S. warns Afghanistan over release of prisoners -- Reuters

My Comment: The ISAF have made it very clear that the release of these dangerous Taliban prisoners will threaten any security agreement .... it now looks like the Afghan government is calling their bluff.